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The Kissing Sailor
The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended World War II
On August 14, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, minutes after they heard of Japan’s surrender to the United States. Two weeks later LIFE magazine published that image. It became one of the most famous WWII photographs in history (and the most celebrated photograph ever published in the world’s dominant photo-journal) ...
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Float Planes and Flying Boats
The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation
With nearly 300 vintage photographs and close to 300 pages of text, retired U.S. Coast Guard aviator Capt. Robert Workman presents a complete picture of naval aviation’s rapid development between 1911 and 1938. Frustrated by the lack of information specifically about the Coast Guard’s aviation heritage, the author undertook research of his own. The result is a balanced look at ...
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"The Liberation of Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, The Visayas, 1944-1945"
"History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 13"
After crushing Japanese naval power in the Pacific at Leyte Gulf, the U.S. moved to liberate the Philippines. Admiral Morison describes a series of amphibious operations and carrier actions supporting those operations and explains the countermeasures taken against the kamikazes, along with Admiral Halsey’s famous Task Force 38 in the South China Sea and the deadly typhoon of 18 December ...
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"Victory in the Pacific, 1945"
"History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 14"
In this, the concluding volume of the series, Admiral Morison examines two of the most famous campaigns in which he participated: Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He spares no details in describing the grim consequences of the kamikaze attacks on U.S ships. With his usual clarity and skill, Morison also discusses the strategy that led to the concluding campaigns of the ...
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